Blog #2: My Final Choice

My choice for my final topic is going to be chapter 13: The Meaning of Life. I have a lot of questions and I am looking forward to learning more about my place here on earth. Listed below are a few of the different links that I will be using to get more information on my topic.

http://www.philosophynow.org/issue59/59question.htm

This is a compilation of ideas from the philosophy now website. The most interesting comment had to be the “short and sweet” idea of Tim Bale from London. He writes “the meaning of life is not being dead.” Such a simple concept and it almost sounds sarcastic; however, as I put more thought into it, it I began to understand his point of view. If you’re dead you are going to be helping people, or doing any of God’s work. I also liked Greg Studen’s view when he talks about internal and external factors motivating the meaning of life.

http://www.allaboutworldview.org/Meaning-Of-Life.htm

Although this site seemed to be a biased site to leaning more towards religion and almost sounding like it was recruiting me to go to church it actually had some pretty interesting thoughts. It breaks down the meaning of life with God and the meaning of life without God. The meaning of life without God was funny because it says we are like bugs, and without God we have no chance at a life after death. Completely biased site now that I think about it, but it could be useful when I look at it from a religious point of view.

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/life-meaning/

I liked this link because it breaks down the meaning of life, as well as breaking down the meaning of “meaning.” That is also something that I never really put much thought into. They break down the argument between a meaningful life and a moral life, and how they are different. As I read further into it, they have a few other arguments that I am looking forward to digging into.